On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, ALL, > I successfully built the server and I previously had the odbc driver > installed. > > I can successfully connect from psql from the Terminal, and from isql > unixODBC utility. > > However, what I wonder is - is there a simple way to retrieve UsrerName > and Password from odbc.ini file? > > Below is my current configuration to connect. > > WHat I'd like to do in my software is to get those parameters and use > them in the "Connect To DB" dialog. > > The easiest would probably be to save it in my local program configuration > file, > but in this case the information will be duplicated and I'd like to avoid > it. > Grep the ini file, and add it to your local program's config file? I sympathize with you about password duplication, though. My .pgpass files are chock full of duplicate passwords (primary server and multiple replication servers, plus server-name and server-name.example.com. Regular expression parsing and case-insensitivity would make users (including DBAs) lives a *lot* easier. -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> lobster!
